Editing Shah (section)

==Related terms==
* [[Satrap]], the term in Western languages for a governor of a Persian province, is a distortion of ''xšaθrapāvan'', literally "guardian of the realm", which derives from the word ''xšaθra'', an Old Persian word meaning "realm, province" and related etymologically to ''shah''.
* Deeply revered among both the Hindus and Muslims, 1st Guru of Sikhism [[Guru Nanak Dev]] was referred to as 'Shah' by the Muslims and as' Fakir' by the Hindus, the highest honour in both the religions, and hence came to known as "Nanak Shah Fakir".
* Maq'ad-è-Šâh (Persian: {{lang|fa|مقعد شاه}} Maq'ad-è-Šâh), the phrase from which the name of [[Mogadishu]] is believed to be derived, which means "seat of the Shah", a reflection of the city's early Persian influence.<ref name="Laitin">David D. Laitin, Said S. Samatar, ''Somalia: Nation in Search of a State'', (Westview Press: 1987), p. 12.</ref>
* The English word "check-mate" is in fact derived from "shah" (from Persian via Arabic, Latin and French). Related terms such as "chess" and "exchequer" likewise originate from the Persian word, their modern senses having developed from the original meaning of the king piece.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Shah |volume= 24 | page= 769}}</ref>